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Argentina U-17

Nickname(s)	Albiceleste (The White and Sky Blue) Los Cebollitas (Little Onions) Los Pibes (The Kids)
Association	Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (Argentine Football Association)
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation)
Head coach	Diego Placente
Captain	Ezequiel Báez
Most caps	Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Javier Mascherano, Oscar Ustari
Top scorer	Fernando Gatti, Hernán Peirone
FIFA code	ARG
First colours Second colours
Biggest defeat
Nigeria 4–0 Argentina  (Nagoya, Japan; 24 August 1993)  Germany 4–0 Argentina  (Chillan, Chile; 21 October 2015)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	15 (first in 1985)
Best result	Third place (1991, 1995, 2003)
South American U-17 Championship
Appearances	19 (first in 1985)
Best result	Champions (1985, 2003, 2013, 2019)
Medal record U-17 World Cup 1991 Italia Team 1995 Ecuador Team 2003 Finland Team

The Argentina national U-17 football team is the representative of Argentina within all FIFA sponsored tournaments that pertain to that age level.

Argentina has participated in 14 of the 18 FIFA U-17 World Cups, finishing in third place three times and fourth place twice. Argentina has also won the South American Under-17 Football Championship four times.

Many of Argentina's top players came through the ranks of the U-17 teams, including Emiliano Martínez, Fernando Redondo, Nestor Fabbri, Roberto Bonano, Juan Sebastián Verón, Roberto Abbondanzieri, Franco Constanzo, Leonardo Biagini, Luciano Galletti, Marcelo Gallardo, Esteban Cambiasso, Gabriel Milito, Ezequiel González, Aldo Duscher, Lucas Biglia, Eduardo Salvio, Maxi López, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Javier Mascherano and Carlos Tevez.

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 World Cup Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 1985 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 5 4 1987 did not qualify 1989 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 2 1 5 3 1991 Third place 3rd 6 2 2 2 5 5 1993 Group stage 9th 3 1 1 1 7 6 1995 Third place 3rd 6 5 0 1 12 4 1997 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 3 2 1999 did not qualify 2001 Fourth place 4th 6 3 1 2 12 9 2003 Third place 3rd 6 4 1 1 10 4 2005 did not qualify 2007 Quarter-finals 6th 5 2 2 1 7 4 2009 Round of 16 11th 4 2 0 2 6 6 2011 Round of 16 13th 4 1 1 2 4 8 2013 Fourth place 4th 7 4 1 2 13 12 2015 Group stage 24th 3 0 0 3 1 8 2017 did not qualify 2019 Round of 16 9th 4 2 1 1 8 5 2023 Fourth place 4th 7 4 1 2 19 9 2025 to be determined Total 15/20 5th 72 34 15 23 117 89

South American U-17 Championship Year Round GP W D L GS GA 1985 Champions 8 8 0 0 32 5 1986 Fourth place 7 1 5 1 7 7 1988 Runners-up 7 6 0 1 13 4 1991 Third place 7 4 2 1 10 7 1993 Third place 7 4 1 2 12 6 1995 Runners-up 6 4 1 1 12 4 1997 Runners-up 7 4 1 2 15 6 1999 Fourth place 6 2 2 2 9 9 2001 Runners-up 7 4 1 2 12 8 2003 Champions 7 4 3 0 19 5 2005 Group stage 4 1 1 2 6 7 2007 Third place 9 4 4 1 13 7 2009 Runners-up 5 3 2 0 10 4 2011 Third place 9 5 1 3 17 11 2013 Champions 9 4 3 2 17 13 2015 Runners-up 9 4 2 3 14 9 2017 Group stage 4 1 0 3 3 4 2019 Champions 9 5 2 2 14 10 2023 Third place 9 5 2 2 15 8 Total 19/19 136 73 33 30 250 134

Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Honours

Competitive

• FIFA U-17 World Cup
  • Third Place (3): 1991, 1995, 2003

• South American Championship U-17
  • Champions (4): 1985, 2003, 2013, 2019
  • Runners-up (6): 1988, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2009, 2015
  • Third Place (5): 1991, 1993, 2007, 2011, 2023

Current squad

The following 21 players are called up to the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Caps and goals as of 12 September 2023, after the 2023 South American U-17 Championship.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Froilán Díaz	(2006-06-01) 1 June 2006 (age 18)	9	0	Unión de Santa Fe
12	1GK	Jeremías Florentín	(2006-09-01) 1 September 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Talleres
21	1GK	Franco Villalba	(2006-02-03) 3 February 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Vélez Sarsfield
2	2DF	Ulises Giménez	(2006-01-01) 1 January 2006 (age 18)	7	0	River Plate
3	2DF	Octavio Ontivero	(2006-01-10) 10 January 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Lanús
4	2DF	Dylan Gorosito	(2006-02-03) 3 February 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Boca Juniors
6	2DF	Juan Manuel Villalba	(2006-03-15) 15 March 2006 (age 18)	7	0	Vélez Sarsfield
13	2DF	Valente Pierani	(2006-02-22) 22 February 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Estudiantes de La Plata
14	2DF	Tobías Palacio	(2006-11-11) 11 November 2006 (age 18)	10	0	Argentinos Juniors
15	2DF	Juan Giménez	(2006-04-27) 27 April 2006 (age 18)	8	1	Rosario Central
16	2DF	Thiago Laplace	(2006-04-03) 3 April 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Lanús
5	3MF	Mariano Gerez	(2006-01-09) 9 January 2006 (age 18)	8	0	Lanús
8	3MF	Gustavo Albarracín	(2006-04-28) 28 April 2006 (age 18)	8	0	Talleres
17	3MF	Valentino Acuña	(2006-01-27) 27 January 2006 (age 18)	8	0	Newell's Old Boys
18	3MF	Kevin Gutiérrez	(2006-01-30) 30 January 2006 (age 18)	11	1	Rosario Central
20	3MF	Franco Mastantuono	(2007-08-14) 14 August 2007 (age 17)	0	0	River Plate
7	4FW	Ian Subiabre	(2007-01-01) 1 January 2007 (age 17)	8	0	River Plate
9	4FW	Agustín Ruberto	(2006-01-06) 6 January 2006 (age 18)	10	3	River Plate
10	4FW	Claudio Echeverri	(2006-01-02) 2 January 2006 (age 18)	10	5	River Plate
11	4FW	Santiago López	(2006-02-09) 9 February 2006 (age 18)	11	4	Independiente
19	4FW	Maher Carrizo	(2006-02-19) 19 February 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Vélez Sarsfield

See also

• Argentina national football team
• Argentina national futsal team
• Argentina Olympic football team
• Argentina national under-20 football team
• Argentina national under-15 football team

References

1. "Sub 17: convocados para el Mundial de Indonesia" [U17: squad for the World Cup in Indonesia] (in Spanish). Argentine Football Association. 24 October 2023. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

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